A MILWAUKEE WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS FROM THE BOY SCOUTS. HER HUSBAND IS THE TROOP LEADER. 12 NEWS REPORTER NICK BOHR IS LIVE AT THE LOCAL BOY SCOUT HEADQUARTERS WITH A STORY ONLY ON 12 AND NICK, YOU JUST TALKED TO THE WOMAN... TO THE WOMAN... AS A NON PROFIT THE BOY SCOUTS TRY TO FUNNEL EVERY DOLLAR INTO PROGRAMS FOR THEIR SCOUTS, BUT THIS SCOUT LEADER'S WIFE IS ACCUSED OF FUNNELING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE TROOP ACCOUNT ... USING AN ATM CARD. BOY SCOUT TROOP 213 ON MILWAUKEE'S FAR SOUTH SIDE HELD THEIR USUAL WEEKLY MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... BUT THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN NORMAL... SINCE THEIR SCOUT LEADER'S WIFE... WAS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING NEARLY 10- THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TROOP FUNDS. IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, CALL MY ATTORNEY. 48-YEAR-OLD KATHLEEN POTEGA ALSO FACES FELONY FRAUD CHARGES... ACCUSED OF LYING TO THE BANK WHEN IT INVESTIGATED DOZENS OF TRANSACTIONS... MANY OF THEM AT SOUTH SIDE WAL-MART'S, A GARDEN CENTER, AND EVEN A GAS STATION NEAR HER HOME. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, WHEN CONFRONTED BY POLICE WITH SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF HER MAKING SOME OF THE TRANSACTIONS, "POTEGA ULTIMATELY ADMITTED MAKING PURCHASES FROM THE TROOP'S FUND FOR HER PERSONAL USE BUT INDICATED SHE DIDN'T DO IT TO HURT ANYONE." POTEGA TOLD US SHE WASN'T INVITED TO A MEETING THE BOY SCOUTS PLANNED TO HOLD TOMORROW NIGHT TO DISCUSS HOW THE PARENTS OF THE BOYS IN THE SCOUT TROOP WOULD GET RESTITUTION. POLICE WERE BACK AT HER HOME LAST NIGHT FOR HOURS EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT, BUT POTEGA CLAIMS SHE'S BEEN KEPT IN THE DARK. YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY CAN'T EVEN TELL ME WHAT THE CHARGES WERE. THE BOY SCOUTS DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON TOLD ME TONIGHT THEY ARE "AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND ARE WORKING WITH TROOP PARENTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S AS GOOD AND SAFE AN ENVIRONMENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN." POTEGA IS DUE BACK IN COURT IN TWO WEEKS WHERE COURT DOCUMENTS INDICATE SHE'S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY AS PART OF AN AGREEMENT WITH PROSECUTORS.